18 Facts About Anas Urbaningrum

Anas Urbaningrum was born on 15 July 1969 and is an Indonesian politician who is the chairman of the Nusantara Awakening Party.

Anas Urbaningrum was the chairman of the Democratic Party, the party who won Indonesia's general election in 2009, between 2010 and 2013.

Anas Urbaningrum has since resigned from this position in the Parliament following his election as party chairman.

Anas Urbaningrum was born in the village of Ngaglik, Srengat, Blitar, East Java and spent his primary, middle and high school years there.

Anas Urbaningrum's family had links with the Nahdlatul Ulama movement, his father being a schoolteacher and an Islamic cleric.

Anas Urbaningrum majored in political science in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, graduating in 1992.

Anas Urbaningrum continued his education in the Graduate School at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta and obtained his master's degree in political science in 2000.

Anas Urbaningrum's thesis has been published as Democratic-Islam: The Thoughts of Nurcholish Madji.

Anas Urbaningrum is currently finishing his doctoral program in political science in the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.

Anas Urbaningrum entered the political arena through a college student organization.

Anas Urbaningrum joined the Islamic Students Association and became the chairman of HMI during the congress in Yogyakarta in 1997.

Anas Urbaningrum was appointed as member of parliament in the election of 2009 from the voting region of East Java VII which includes the cities of Blitar, Blitar District, Kediri, Kediri and Tulungagung District taking in the largest votes at 178,381 votes, surpassing the numeric voting division which is 177,374 votes.

On 1 October 2009, Anas Urbaningrum was appointed as the head of the Democratic Party Fraction in Parliament.

Anas Urbaningrum declared his candidacy in Jakarta on 15 April 2010.

Anas Urbaningrum's candidacy was not to secure a high standing official position.

Anas Urbaningrum illustrated the diligence of the Democratic Party in surveying the market periodically and to include all elements of the party.

Anas Urbaningrum pleaded innocent in his trial but refused to reveal where his wealth was obtained.

On 14 July 2023, Anas Urbaningrum was appointed as the new chairman, while Pasek became chairman of the party's executive committee.